The sun was out early this morning in Soquel. I have been waiting for a fogless morning to return to the village and finish some paintings. There was one parking spot left at the overlook above the beach.

The Little Guards were lined up in their red suits and many colorful canopies were scattered around the beach. The river pattern differed from my last visit, it was dammed up and didn’t flow to the sea. I already had a good start on the buildings but the foreground beach was not completed.